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You Have No Control Over Outcome: Only Output – With Dr Ben Sporer & Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes We do not really have any control, in business and in sport, over our outcomes. But what we can control are our outputs. You MUST be clear on your WHY for whatever you set out to do. Why...
Normalize Feedback for Your Whole Team Before It Is Too Late – with Dr David Joyce & Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes When starting out to implement a feedback system in your team or organization, focus first on the positives - what have we done well in the last few days or weeks? Then from there you can...
Training Models, Intensities & Their Distributions; Do They Even Matter?! – With Prof Billy Sperlich and Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Although HIIT and various ZONES are still super HYPE everywhere, you have to remember: you can get very far by just doing lots of basic and “low” intensity training - you might be though...
The Power of Conviction: Rethinking Periodization – with Prof. John Kiely & Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes “Inter-individual variation is EVERYWHERE and it's dramatic” - especially when we are talking about periodisation of training, and how all the time frames you ever learned are likely to be...
The UNDERRATED Aspect of Training Groups: ENERGY! With Jonathan Parouty & Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Do not be afraid of ASKING for help. Jonathan simply ASKED many of the coaches for help and showed his passion and interest. We can learn so much from each other; be kind and have courage!...
The Most Important S&C Coaching Principles to Live By — With Jorge Carvajal & Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes As a coach, sport scientist, exercise prescription expert, or strength and conditioning specialist, we are more LOAD MANAGERS than anything else - know when to PUSH and when to PULL back!...
Try These Crazy Easy Monitoring Tricks That Pro Endurance Coaches Use Every Day – With Dr Peter Leo
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes We often don’t know what is happening in the field - we NEED to be way more aware of that when researching, designing and programming training. Yes, we have plenty of tools to measure rather...
The Overlooked Core Aspects of Successful Triathlon Systems – With Joel Filliol
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes One of the best training MONITORING techs is: a coach who cares and pays attention! Make sure you observe, talk and ask questions as often as you can to your athletes - and NOT JUST about...
Why High Performance Environments May Be Destroying Coaches and Trainers – With Richard Husseiny
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes As coaches, scientists and trainers we can get ANXIOUS and DEPRESSED quite often. A lot of this may come down to the extreme ISOLATION that you can expose yourself (almost willingly!)...
The DIRTY SECRET of How SUGAR Is Destroying Your ENDURANCE Gains – With Trevor Connor
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Low carbohydrate and high fat (or Paleo) diets for ENDURANCE are not just VIABLE, but possibly can lower chronic inflammation, especially during long periods of training. This could be more...
How Something Called Performance Planning Can MAKE or BREAK Your Athletes – With Scott Gardner
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Make sure that you actually ASK QUESTIONS more often than you feel comfortable doing. YES, you will struggle at the start, but: It is NOT about you, it is about whoever you are coaching....
The 5 NEW HIIT INSIGHTS That Could Change The Way You Train – with Dr. Rune Talsnes
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes High or low intensity specific periodization may or may not work for different individuals. For some this may seem obvious, for others controversial. The reality is that we are learning more...